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Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 429021, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/429021
Research Article

One-Step Synthesis of Hollow Titanate (Sr/Ba) Ceramic Fibers for Detoxification of Nerve Agents

Satya R. Agarwal,1 Subramanian Sundarrajan,1 Arunachalam Venkatesan,1 and Seeram Ramakrishna1,2,3

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2 Engineering Drive 3, 117584, Singapore
2King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
3Intsitute of Materials Research and Engineering, 117602, Singapore

Received 31 January 2012; Accepted 14 August 2012

Academic Editor: John A. Capobianco

Copyright © 2012 Satya R. Agarwal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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